Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080267571 | Electro-optic Polymer Devices with Semiconducting Oligomer Clads - An electro-optic waveguide device comprising an electro-optic polymer core and at least one crosslinked polymer clad, wherein the crosslinked polymer clad is comprised of a first constitutional unit derived from a compound having the formula | 10-30-2008 |
20080290066 | Method of Fabricating Polymer Modulators With Etch Stop Clads - A process that comprises dry etching a trench into a side clad polymer layer using an underlying passive polymer layer as an etch stop, and then back filling the trench with an electro-optic polymer. | 11-27-2008 |
20090093067 | METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SPR MICROARRAYS - An article, process, and method for surface plasmon resonance plates are described. A substrate is covered with a thin metal film onto which a second thin metal film is deposited. The surface of the second thin metal film is converted to the metal oxide which is used to covalently bond organosilanes to the surface. Reactive organosilanes containing terminal bonding groups are arranged in a plurality of spots that are surrounded by inert organosilanes. Biomolecule attachment to the binding group is detected or measured from surface plasmon signals from the first thin metal film. | 04-09-2009 |
20100040322 | INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING - An electro-optic polymer semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more doped regions configured to drive one or more electrodes, and the electrodes are configured to drive a juxtaposed electro-optic core. The assembly may include a planarization layer disposed at least partially coplanar with the electrodes. The circuit may include an integrated multiplexer, driver configured to receive a signal from the multiplexer, at least one high speed electrode configured to be driven by the driver and modulate light energy passed through a hyperpolarizable poled chromophore regions disposed near the high speed electrode. The circuit may include a calibration storage circuit. The circuit may include, during fabrication, structures to provide voltage to a buried electrode and a shield to prevent damage from the poling field. | 02-18-2010 |
20100074584 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING LOW RESISTIVITY HYBRID POLYMER CLADS FOR AN ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE - A low resistivity hybrid optical cladding may be formed from a sol-gel doped with an inorganic salt such as lithium perchlorate. An electro-optic device may be formed by poling an organic chromophore-loaded modulation layer through at least one layer of the low resistivity hybrid optical cladding. | 03-25-2010 |
20100111465 | INTRINSICALLY LOW RESISTIVITY HYBRID SOL-GEL POLYMER CLADS AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - A low resistivity hybrid organic-inorganic material may include a proportion of charge traps including a trap element indirectly covalently bonded to a donor or acceptor element. The trap element may include tin. The donor or acceptor element may include indium and/or antimony. Bonding includes cross-linking via oxygen bonds and via organic cross-linkers. The material may be formed as a hybrid sol-gel. The material may have optical transmission and refractive index characteristics. The material may be formed as optical cladding proximal to a non-linear optical layer, and may form a portion of a second order nonlinear optical device. The second order nonlinear optical device may include and electro-optic device including an organic chromophore-loaded modulation layer. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121016 | LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX HYBRID OPTICAL CLADDING AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - A low index of refraction hybrid optical cladding may be formed from a fluorinated sol-gel. An electro-optic device may include a poled organic chromophore-loaded modulation layer and at least one adjacent fluorinated hybrid sol-gel clad. | 05-13-2010 |
20120157584 | STABILIZED ELECTRO-OPTIC MATERIALS AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - According to an embodiment, an electro-optic polymer comprises a host polymer and a guest nonlinear optical chromophore having the structure D-π-A, wherein: D is a donor, π is a π-bridge, and A is an acceptor; a bulky substituent group is covalently attached to at least one of D, π, or A; and the bulky substituent group has at least one non-covalent interaction with part of the host polymer that impedes chromophore depoling. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163749 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH OPTICAL DATA COMMUNICATION - An integrated circuit is configured for optical communication via an optical polymer stack located on top of the integrated circuit. The optical polymer stack may include one or more electro-optic polymer devices including an electro-optic polymer. The electro-optic polymer may include a host polymer and a second order nonlinear chromomophore, the host polymer and the chromophore both including aryl groups configured to interact with one another to provide enhanced thermal and/or temporal stability. | 06-28-2012 |
20130004137 | FLUORINATED SOL-GEL LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX HYBRID OPTICAL CLADDING AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - A low index of refraction hybrid optical cladding may be formed from a fluorinated sol-gel. An electro-optic device may include a poled organic chromophore-loaded modulation layer (electro-optic polymer) and at least one adjacent fluorinated hybrid sol-gel cladding layer. | 01-03-2013 |
20130100704 | LIGHT GUIDE WITH A PRINTED FILM - A method for making a light guide includes transferring ink onto a master tool having a three-dimensional feature pattern formed thereon and then transferring ink from the master tool to a transparent light guide. The method also includes curing the ink on the light guide. Alternatively, the ink may be printed onto a substrate (e.g., a film) and then laminated to the light guide. | 04-25-2013 |
20130286687 | LIGHT GUIDE WITH A PRINTED FILM - A method for making a light guide includes transferring ink onto a master tool having a three-dimensional feature pattern formed thereon and then transferring ink from the master tool to a transparent light guide. The method also includes curing the ink on the light guide. Alternatively, the ink may be printed onto a substrate (e.g., a film) and then laminated to the light guide. | 10-31-2013 |
20140302250 | ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES MADE THEREFROM - According to an embodiment, an electro-optic polymer comprises a host polymer and a guest nonlinear optical chromophore having the structure D-π-A, wherein: D is a donor, π is a π-bridge, and A is an acceptor; a bulky substituent group is covalently attached to at least one of D, π, or A; and the bulky substituent group has at least one non-covalent interaction with part of the host polymer that impedes chromophore depoling. | 10-09-2014 |